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As noted in the roundup, Lavabit is in the news again as one of two popular encrypted email services to shut down last Thursday. The company first made headlines back in July, when Edward Snowden used hi...
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August hasn’t been quite as sleepy in Washington as it is rumored to be.
In addition to the Department of Justice White Paper on Section 215 that was released on Friday, CNN’s Evan Perez points us to a ...
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The central theme of Carrie's post critiquing proposals for FISA reform appears to be that there are already too many lawyers and too much oversight of how the NSA conducts "foreign intelligence surveill...
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President Obama was dead-on when he said the following in his August 9th press conference: "[P]robably what's a fair criticism is my assumption that if we had checks and balances from the courts and Cong...
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The President says that he has ordered a review of NSA surveillance programs, and one of the challenging aspects of such review will be establishing metrics of success and value. This is a common challe...
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Lawfarers will recall Ben's trip, two months back, to Bangkok and the 26th annual International Military Law and Operations (MILOPS) Conference. While attending MILOPS, he interviewed a number of key co...
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August 12 is the 64th anniversary of the signing of the Geneva Conventions. As a candidate, Senator Obama was highly critical of the Bush Administration’s non-application of the Geneva Conventions to de...
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Last Tuesday, Judge Vitaliano of the Eastern District of New York dismissed a FOIA suit seeking access to NSC records about the drone program.
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So much for August being an "off-month." You can probably guess what issues dominated Lawfare's agenda this week.
The U.S. issued a global threat alert, which prompted closures of many diplomatic posts ...
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During his press conference today (transcript here), President Obama announced a quartet of reform initiatives meant to enhance the credibility and legitimacy of NSA activities and the FISA system, both ...
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Earlier today, the government filed its response to Guantanamo detainee Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi's petition for rehearing en banc before the D.C.
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Although the majority of this afternoon's press conference focused on the NSA's surveillance programs (transcript available in my post below), President Obama did speak to a few other important national ...
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President Obama is currently holding a press conference at which he is speaking on a range of Lawfare-relevant topics. He has announced, report the Washington Post and New York Times, proposals to reform...
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Some interesting terrorism-prosecution developments over the past few days that are worth noting.
United States v. Mohammed (S.D. Fla.) First, a pair of men (one leaving in Kenya, and the other--who hap...
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Today the New York Times editorializes on the latest details of NSA surveillance programs unearthed by Charlie Savage in the paper.
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I was sufficiently puzzled by Charlie Savage's story yesterday about NSA email monitoring that I waited a day to write anything about it. I'm still pretty puzzled by it, so I'm going to use this post to ...
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Last Friday I asked how NSA Director Alexander’s claim that “we can audit the actions of our people 100%” was consistent with USG uncertainty about what Snowden stole and with its claims that it was “put...
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The reply was filed yesterday by counsel for Guantanamo detainee. En banc briefing in the appeal of his military commission conviction is now seemingly complete.
In the reply's "Summary of Argument" se...
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Calling all Lawfare readers: We are looking for an undergraduate or a recent graduate to intern with us during the fall semester, and will be accepting applications until the end of the month. The announ...
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From the Department of Still More Surprises Here: Charlie Savage of the New York Times informs us that the NSA “is not just intercepting the communications of Americans who are in direct contact with for...
